French frigate Harmonie (1796)

Career (France)
Name: Harmonie
Builder: Bordeaux
Laid down: May 1794
Launched: early 1796
Completed: May 1796
Fate: Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797
General characteristics
Class and type:Virginie class frigate
Displacement:720 tonnes
Length:47.4 m (156 ft)
Beam:11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught:5.5 m (18 ft)
Armament:44 guns
Armour:Timber

The Harmonie was a 44-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.

She was beached and scuttled by fire at Saint Domingue on 16 April 1797 to avoid captured by HMS Thunderer and HMS Valiant

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